hi
i would like to uninstall windows xp from my win 7 xp dual boot(xp was installed first)
ok so i have 1 hard drive partioned as you can see in the pic
i have alot of programs on win 7 that i would like to keep..
how do i go about uninstalling xp?
i have EasyBCD 1.7.2 and Partition Wizard 4.1
You will need Partition WIzard and bootable Windows 7 installer/Repair disk
First back up your data as moving operations can fail. Suggest you make a Win7 Backup Image saved to external so you can start over if necessary.
Boot into Partition Wizard and rightclick delete XP.
Next right click I:Whatever partition and Modify: Set Inactive
Rightclick Win7 and Modify>Set Active, then rightclick Resize/Move and drag the left border all the way over to include all of the deleted XP space, then adjust right border as desired
You can make any data partitions now or wait until later.
Apply all operations.
Now boot into Win7 DVD Repair My Computer and run Startup Repair 3 times as it will try several fixes before rewriting the MBR.
ok about booting partion wizard this means burn it to disk?
if so can i do it with out boot to disk as i only have 1 cd left and i would rather not waste it on such a small use once file..
OFF TOPIC
gregrocker:
If you don't mind me asking, is there any MS documentation that supports this? I keep READING this in post and having hard time buying it......and run Startup Repair 3 times as it will try several fixes before rewriting the MBR.
Thanks-
ok i decided that burning it to disk would probaily be a good idea so i burned it to my one and only dvd.. and guess what? it burned fine i restart and set it so it boots the dvd first and it starts up says something about isolinux and then says it "failed to boot click here to try agian" and thats all it does...so i guess i have to try and do it though the program
I learned this from the top dual boot expert here SIW2.
The bootrec/boosect commands once given for boot recovery no longer need to be given out because Startup Repair has automated them.
You can see the tests Startup Repair attempts and completes by looking at its log before rebooting.
Haven't really had any reason to argue with 100% success in about 80+ dual boot removals we have done here since Win7 release.
Last edited by gregrocker; 29 Nov 2009 at 06:39.
ok i delted the xp install and set the "i" drive to inactive but it wont let me set the z drive as active
Just noticed Win7 partition is logical which cannot be set active.
Modify to primary and then set active.
Suggest you Resize/Move your Win7 over onto old XP space.
Then boot from WIn7 DVD and run Startup Repair 3 times until OS boots up.
should i also set it as primary drive and not logical?
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